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Chapter 23
Feeling defeated, I pulled out the bills and started counting it up.
A small piece of white paper floated from amongst the green. I easily picked it out and opened the folds, studying it carefully. I stepped into the car headlights to read the paper.
Nothing is as it seems. 6415554895.
A shiver read down my spine as I stared at the number. It was ten digits… a phone number? What kind of person would leave that behind in the place a map was supposed to be? But more importantly, how did they know it was there?
“What’s that?” Nina’s voice yanked me back to th
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